WHO WE ARE:

Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) is a leading multi-line insurer serving people and businesses in more than 200 countries and territories. Founded 150 years ago, Zurich is transforming insurance. In addition to providing insurance protection, Zurich is increasingly offering prevention services such as those that promote wellbeing and enhance climate resilience. Reflecting its purpose to ‘create a brighter future together,’ Zurich aspires to be one of the most responsible and impactful businesses in the world. It is targeting net-zero emissions by 2050 and has the highest-possible ESG rating from MSCI. In 2020, Zurich launched the Zurich Forest project to support reforestation and biodiversity restoration in Brazil. The Group has about 60,000 employees and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Zurich Insurance Group Ltd (ZURN), is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and has a level I American Depositary Receipt (ZURVY) program, which is traded over-the-counter on OTCQX. Further information is available at www.zurich.com.
In March 2016 we established a Shared Service Centre in Kraków, in Poland to support our global strategy. It is from this location that we have created a global shared service platform, focusing on advanced business functions such as financial accounting and reporting, planning and performance management, ICFR testing, financial systems management as well as HR integrated talent management operations.

JOB PURPOSE:

As a Senior IT Business Analyst for the Property Insights Project, you will play a pivotal role in driving the product roadmap and resolving critical dependencies.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Contributing to planning and being responsible for the analysis approach, adapting organizational standards to meet project and product goals.
• Collaborating with various business areas, including Risk Engineering and Underwriting, while keeping the customer at the heart of your focus.
• Driving activity and understanding deliverables to meet challenging timelines.
• Eliciting and documenting business requirements, ensuring the needs of both internal and external parties are reconciled.
• Performing analysis across end-to-end business processes to understand system impacts.
• Presenting complex problems and analysis results in a simplified manner to technical and non-technical users.
• Contributing to the functional design of the system, preparing use cases, functional and technical specifications, and other design artifacts.
• Working closely with the development team to ensure the scoped solution fully meets business needs.
• Performing peer reviews and tests for project artifacts to ensure specified standards are attained.
• Leading and sharing best practices and experience with peers to maximize effectiveness and efficiency.
• Providing support for testing, implementation, and training activities to ensure seamless delivery.
• Understanding business objectives and specifics to validate business requirements and ensure alignment with strategic priorities and vision.
• Providing explanations and expertise regarding ‘as-is’ and ‘to-be’ for business processes, products, data, and user flows to appropriate stakeholders during requirement elicitation and specification phases.
• Conducting elicitation and specification sessions with subject matter experts and end users.
• Creating solution/IT requirement specifications from business requirements.
• Applying agreed design and work/quality principles.
• Providing input regarding solution alternatives and engaging in brainstorming and workshops across teams and in combined BA/Architect/Developer sessions.
• Supporting Lead Business Analyst and Project Manager in delivery planning, backlog management, and implementation dependencies.
• Owning assigned topics end-to-end, including related dependencies, helping to ensure overall project deliverables and timelines are met.
• Participating in post-implementation activities, including system documentation completion, problem-solving, production support, and measurement of benefits achieved.